Description

Unissued / Unused material -

Soviet Union, USSR.

GV Section of crowd awaiting start of race. MS Athletes standing around prior to start of race. CU one of the athletes. MS Judges. Various shots of the race in progress, cut-ins of spectators getting excited, and of the winner being thrown into the air by his colleagues at the end of race.

(Mute. Lav) Old record suggests material dates from around 17/11/1960.

10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.